The Art of French Pastry

together. Sprinkle the all- purpose flour over the top. Let sit undisturbed for 10 to 15 minutes, until crack ...

2 Once the yeast has been activated it is time to mix and knead the dough. Because brioche contains s ...

beginning the mixing process, place an extra cup of milk next to the mixer, just in case the dough is ...

add a very small amount of extra milk to it. This can happen if you are in a dry environment where the f ...

is very dry in the early stages of the mixing will have lumps that will be impossible to get rid of later ...

purpose flour to that area. Mix again for 5 minutes and repeat this 2 more times. Depending on the amount o ...

should be able to stretch out a small piece of it like a piece of cloth. This technique is called the wi ...

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3 Add half of the soft butter to the dough and mix at low speed to incorporate it, about 2 minutes. At ...

minutes of mixing. After 2 minutes, stop the machine and scrape the butter and the dough together with a rubb ...

minutes. The brioche dough should once again be elastic and shiny and the butter should now be completely incorpo ...

temperature or in a warm place that is not hotter than 80.6°F/27°C until it doubles in volume. This can take ...

the other hand, leaving the dough in an area that is too hot will do two things: it will make the butter ...

boiling water and place it in the cold oven. Set the dough in the oven along with the pan of steaming water ...

doubled in volume it is time to press out the first gases created by the action of the yeast. Failing to do so ...

bowl with plastic and place in the refrigerator for 2 hours, after which time the dough should be cold an ...

1 After the overnight rest it is time to shape your brioche. Dust your work surface lightly with ...

from you, leaving a lot of space in front of you for shaping the brioche. Making sure that your work are ...

circles. At first you need to press hard so that the dough sticks to the table a little, and then you ...

time. When I do this, my right hand circles counterclockwise while my left hand circles clockwise. Whe ...